Bearing-locating device



July 13 1926. 1,592,586 l `cz. H'. wlLLs BEARING LOCATING DEVICE Filed Nov. s, 1920 Patented July 13, 1926.

UNITED. STATES CHILDE HAR/QLD `WILLS, OF MARYSVILLE, MICHIGAN.

BEARINGeLOCATING DEVIE.

Application 1ed`Noven1ber 3, 19.20. Serial No. 421,550.

This invention relates to `a new and improved method andconstruction whereby a bearing may be readily located and adjusted into its seat. More specifically, my device comprises an adjustable cam means whereby a bearing of the type adapted for use with rotating shafts, may be adjusted and moved `into its seat in a direction' axially of the shaft. In the use of such bearings it is highly important that the bearinos when put in place, be adjusted relative to the shaft housing or supporting members in suoli manner that the shaft is properly located for its purpose, and that there be no play of the shaft relative to the bearing or the housing. This is particularly true where gears are carried by the shaft, since slight variation in the location of the gear may cause the gear to benoisy and ineiicien-t and to wear.v the coacting gear.

1t is an object of the present invention to providel a simple and effective means for locatingl a bearing in a` shaft support or housing, and more particularly7 to provide cani means whereby the bearing may be moved positively into its seat. It is also an object to provide a device of the character described, in which the adjustment of the bearing into its seat may be readily accom- 80 plished and in which means are provided for retaining the bearing in the seated position. Other and further objects will apj pear as the description proceeds.

My invention is particularly applicable to the cam shafts of internal combustion engiros7 and, in the particular embodiment which has been shown for the purposes of illustration, the invention has been applied to a shaft of that character having` a driven u beveled gear thereon, the gear being in en gagement with a driving beveled gear. In a shaft of this character` having an interlitted relation with the bearing adapted to prevent relative axial movement between 5 the bearing and shaft, it is particularly important that means be provided to adjust the bearing in its support in the direction axially of the shaft, in order that the proper relation of the intermeshing beveled gears may be secured. Y

This particular embodiment has been shown in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a fragmentary longitudinal section showing a portion of a cam shaft and housing with my' invention applied thereto; and, j

Figure 2 :is a sectionk taken on a line 2 2 of Figure 1.

In the drawings the housing or support to is Adesignated 3 and it enclosesand supports the bearing for the cam shaft 4. The cam shafty 4 is provided with the spaced shoulders 5 and 6 and carries a beveled gear 'e' whichis held against the shoulder b' by the tcap 8 the gear being restrained against rotation relativeto the shaft by the dowels 9. This gear T coacts with a gear 10 carried by the sha-ft 11. The gears are made acces` sible 'by the removable cover 1,2. The bearlll ing 13-is shown surrounding the shaft /land interlitting between the'spaced shoulders 5 and 6. llhis bearing'as best shownv inFigure Q, is formed ofr two interlitting,members split longitudinally in order` that it may be Y fitted to' the shaft, and it carries the. Babbitt facing 14. n n

rlhe bearing 18 is provided with an enlargementA 16 having a, conical recess 17 therein and the casing 3 has a screw threadil-l ed opening 18 located in such manner as to partially register with cavity 17 when the bushing 13 is properly adjusted. An adjusting screw 19 having a conical lower end 2O is threaded into this opening, its conical end engaging the similar conicail opening 1T in the bushing 13, the engagement of these two surfaces serving to move the bushing in the direction longitudinally of the shaft.` The screw 19 is retained in adjusted posiil@ tion by a lock nut 21 as shown.

ln the case of this bearing and its adjusting` or locating means, the split bearing 13 is first seated upon the shaft 4 between the shoulders 5 and 6, the two portions of the b5 bearing being secured together by screws as shown in Figure The caui shaft and bearing are then slipped into place in the housing 3 and the screw 19 adjusted until the inner face of the enlargedpo-rtion 13` 190 of the bearing is brought up against the face of the housing. The shaft is then correctly located and the gears will mesh properly. l

Ey the use of a bearing having an adjustu ing and locking means of the type shown and described herein, the cam shaft may be readily longitudinally adjusted in its proper position in the cam shaft housing and any play or lost motion between the pinions may im lli thus be avoided. The structure is simple and may be readily applied. Its adjustment can be quickly accomplished without the use of special tools and the adjustment once secured, can be positively maintained;

*While l have described more or less precisel)7 the details of construction of my invention, I do not wish to be understood as limiting' myself thereto, as l contemplate changes in form and the proportion of parts and substitution of equivalents as circumstances may suggest or render expedient, without departing' from the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

l. A shaft, a support therefor, a bearing for said Shaft mounted in the support, the. bearinginterfitting between spaced shoulders upon the shaft, and means adapted to move the bearing and thereby the shaft relative to the support.

2. A shaft, a support therefor, a bearing' for said shaft mounted in the support, the bearing interlitting between spaced shoulders upon the shaft, a conical cavity in 'the outer surface of the bearing, a stud threaded through the support and adapted to be moved to coact with the cavity to move the bearing axially, and means to lock the stud. in position, the movement of the bearing` servingto move the shaft longitudinallg.7 through contact of the bearing' with the shoulders on the shaft.

3. A shaft, a support therefor, a bearing for said shaft mounted in the support, and means adapted to move the bearing relative to the support and to retain it in position, the bearing having a shoulder adapted to engage the support to limit relative movement therebetween.

t. A shaft, a support therefor, a bearing for said shaft mounted in the support, the bearing inter-fittingl between spaced shoulders upon the shaft, and means adapted to move the bearing and thereby the Shaft relative to the support, the bearing,` having a shoulder z'ula-pted to be brought into engagement with the support to limit relative movement therebetween.

.fr shaft, a support therefor, a bearing for said shaft mounted in the support, the bearing intertitting` between spaced shoulders upon the shaft, a conical cavity in the outer surface of the bearing, a stud threaded through the support and adapted to be moved to coru't with the cavity to position the hearing, and means to lock the stud in position, the movement of the bearingserving;` to move the shaft longitudinally through contact of the bearing with the shoulders on the shaft, the. bearing havinfol` an enlarged circumferential shoulder adapted to he brought into engagement with a face of the support when the bearingis properly Seated in the support.

Signed at Mtn'yeville, Michigan, this 19 day of tctober, 1920.

CHILDE HAROLD VILLS. 

